Sleeping Kindness
infalliblejily
Disclaimer: No, I'm not the creator of Harry Potter, but if I was, it'd be fun writing fanfic without anyone knowing it was me.
James Potter walked into the Gryffindor common room on a Saturday at 3am. He was supposed to start rounds with Lily.
The common room was dark with the exception of the dying fire. It was empty except for James and a small figure on the loveseat near the fire. James prepared himself to wake up the being and direct them to the dorms, except, as he got closer, he saw his Headpartner, whom he was supposed to do rounds with.
Lily was tucked up into a ball, snuggling closer to the worn-out red chair, trying to retain warmth against the cold night. Instead of waking up Lily, like he was meant to, he rushed up to his dorm.
Looking around, he found everything he needed and came back down with a pillow, a blanket, and a note.
Carefully positioning the blanket and pillow, he backed away slowly, only to retrieve the note.
It read:
Lily,
I didn't wake you up because you deserved a break. You wouldn't have fallen asleep unless you were tired or sick or stressed. You do way too much for everyone else, Lily. It's time we all returned your kindness. Don't worry about rounds, I did them.
Yours,
James.
Quietly, he placed it beside her head so she'd see it when she woke up. Leaning down, he left a fleeting kiss on her forehead. His lips tingled.
"You're too kind for your own good, Lily. Goodnight, Love."
And he left to do rounds.
And later that morning, Lily woke up smiling.
a/n: review? I was inspired by my friend from her small snippet and this came out of it. It's very short but I thought it was adorable. I know I should be working on my other story but I couldn't resist. Also, don't take my work, it may be fanfiction, but I still wrote it, it's not yours. (to those three sites that stole my work) Also, I only post my hp fanfiction on this site.